Outline and evaluate the biological approach to abnormality? The biological or medical approach regards abnormality as illness or disease. Mental illness is thought to be related to the physical structure and functioning of the brain. There are four possible causal factors of abnormality: brain damage‚ infection‚ biochemistry and genes. The first factor is brain damage. Abnormal behaviour may occur if the structure of the brain is damaged in some way. Once disease or brain damage has caused mental
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July 4‚ 2012 BAM530 Business Ethics Unit 3 Question #3: Evaluate the concept of strict liability. Strict liability is the legal responsibility levied on a person or company for certain damages or injury even if they were not at fault. Strict liability can even apply even if the person or company did not physically commit any act to cause the actual injury. Corporations can be held liable for the defects of their product even if they did not know about the problem or harm
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Allstate Insurance Company 1.Using the model on page 194‚ evaluate Allstate’s goal-setting process. How does it work? As one of its most important competitive advantages‚ Allstate Insurance Company looked for ways to leverage their strong diversity program. The company wanted to put together a robust program to help all it’s associates succeed. Their goal-setting process for this relates very closely to the goal-setting process. Allstate identifies a diverse group of candidates for each position
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Outline and evaluate the cognitive approach to psychopathology The cognitive approach to psychopathology focuses on the theory that abnormality is caused by faulty cognitions about ourselves‚ others and our worlds. Our behaviour is controlled by these cognitions‚ consequently if these are faulty‚ it can cause abnormal behaviour. In 1962 Ellis proposed the A-B-C model. This suggests that a certain behaviour will first start with an activating event (such as seeing a large dog). This will then
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{draw:frame} Sharpe Ratio = Where rp = Expected portfolio rate of return rf = Risk free rate of return σp = Portfolio standard deviation Since standard deviation is a measure of the associated risk (systematic + unsystematic) of a portfolio‚ it helps to evaluate whether the portfolio’s returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess risk. Thus‚ the greater the Sharpe ratio of a portfolio better has been its risk-adjusted performance. {draw:frame} {draw:frame} {draw:line} Treynor Ratio:
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Outline and Evaluate the biological approach to abnormality The biological approach sees abnormality as a physical illness and removes psychological blame and responsibility for the behaviour form the patients. Biochemistry; which is where abnormal functioning in the brain can be caused by abnormal levels of neurotransmitters and hormones. Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers that allow neurones to communicate with one another at synapses. Hormones are chemical messengers that are secreted
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Evaluate ‘Frankenstein’ as a ‘Text in Time’ Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was written 1818 which was a time of scientific exploration. Through depicting scientific breeching of moral boundaries through context‚ characterisation and intertextuality‚ Shelley highlight’s the dangers of progression with the absence of ethical emotion. Shelley’s novel is a question about science and it’s relationship to humanity and challenges us with the idea does man have the right or power and intellect to act as
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Psychophysics The various senses and approaches; sensory transduction (Yantis chapter 1 worth reading) What do the terms sensation and perception mean? In what way do they differ? Giving examples‚ describe a general transduction process. Evaluate the various approaches to perception research. Psychophysics: detection – absolute threshold & measurements; (Cuevas
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Evaluate the biblical principles of church government Church government is the branch of ecclesiology (study of the church) that addresses the organisational structure and hierarchy of the church. There are three main models of leadership or church government that have developed in the various Christian denominations. These all take their root in the bible and the general truth correlates with many parts of the scriptures. We need to respect the authority and power of government in the church
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Outline and evaluate The SLT theory of aggression. Aggression is defined by Baron & Richardson (1993) as ‘any form of behaviour directed towards the goal of harming or injuring another living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment’. According to Social Learning Theory aggressive behaviour is developed through the environment (rather than being an innate tendency – as the biological and psychoanalytical theories would suggest). If biological theories of aggression were faultless it
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